Topic: Law & Courts — Neutral reports only
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[2026-07-27 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Mon 27 Jul 2026 at 5:13am
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[2026-07-27 05:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will speak at the United Nations in New York City, defying an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant and comments from Mayor Zohran Mamdani that he is not welcome in the city.
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[2026-07-27 04:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-27 04:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The National (UAE)
Snippet: The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he plans to attend the UN General Assembly in September after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged the US federal government to enforce an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
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[2026-07-27 03:30 UTC+10:00] [News] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Michael West Media
Snippet: July 27, 2026 03:30 | News
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[2026-07-27 03:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, a Democrat, was indicted by an Oahu grand jury on Friday on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery, and falsifying candidate committee reports. The charges stem from an alleged 2022 scheme, dating to her time as a powerful state lawmaker, to steer state money toward COVID-19 testing contracts during the pandemic.
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[2026-07-27 03:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan's dismissal after around two years of scandal for alleged sex and sexual harassment crimes is a seminal event.
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[2026-07-27 02:52 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK government told Karim Khan it would not support him as chief prosecutor and declined his request to meet ministers before International Criminal Court (ICC) member states voted to remove him from his role, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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[2026-07-27 02:25 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Department of Elections workers sort mail-in ballots for the California primary election at City Hall on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
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[2026-07-27 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Venezuela's foreign minister said on Friday the country has formally notified the United Nations (UN) of its "irrevocable" decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which had been conducting a multi-year investigation into members of its armed forces and otherofficials.
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[2026-07-27 02:17 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice on Sunday permitted the publication of the name of a Border Police officer, Hananel Sabag, who is charged with reckless homicide for fatally shooting his friend, IDF soldier Yosef Chaim Rabuch, outside his home in Kiryat Arba, in October 2025.
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[2026-07-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
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Why the prosecution is failing in VP Sara’s impeachment trialTHE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
So far, the three prosecution witnesses, presented to prove Article IV of the impeachment complaint charging VP Sara for the impeachable offense of betrayal of public trust — Senior Agent Mark Calilung, Regional Director Jeremy Lotoc and Director Melvin Matibag, all from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) — have not proved the case of the prosecution.
Calilung was presented to prove the authenticity of the video containing the online conference of VP Sara, where she uttered the remarks the prosecution regarded as grave threats and inciting to sedition, which formed the basis of the impeachable offense of betrayal of public trust.
In the first place, the said conference is not in dispute nor were the utterances made there; hence, Calilung’s testimony on this matter is unnecessary and useless. His other testimony touched on the investigation he conducted at that conference. Instead of favoring the prosecution, he highlighted the fact the inquiry he made was superficial and merely for show. He limited his investigation to four participants, i.e. news reporters and a blogger. He disregarded getting information from the other reporters present to determine the environment under which VP Sara’s remarks were made.
Calilung did not coordinate with the Presidential Security Group as to whether the vice president’s statements constituted a threat to the life of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., nor did it coordinate with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to evaluate whether her remarks constituted a threat to national security.
Additionally, Calilung was called to the witness stand as an expert witness on cyber libel. It turned out he only trained for two weeks — hardly a training experience required of a witness before qualifying as an expert witness in a particular field. This witness could not also answer directly the questions of the defense counsel on cross-examination, dodging these — a trait that understandably and unsurprisingly characterized the manner of responses by the other two NBI witnesses.
One of them, Lotoc, was nowhere an improvement on Calilung as a witness. He effectively sunk further the prosecution’s case as he validated Calilung’s testimony that the NBI’s first and second investigations were not thorough and merely pro porma. Both Calilung and Lotoc admitted that they did not investigate the threat against VP Sara’s life, apart from sending her an invitation to provide their agency information on the threat — which she declined — despite the continuing visible threat, in addition to the oppressive acts committed against her, her family, her staff and her allies, especially the withdrawal of her trusted security personnel, whose circumstances triggered her outburst, calling out the people for help on the imminence of her physical obliteration and seeking justice for her planned assassination, as well as unmasking her would-be perpetrators.
Lotoc, using his being a lawyer to full extent, hewed and dodged as he avoided answering directly the questions from the cross-examiner. He came out as an unreliable witness when he admitted that he was facing serious criminal charges of arbitrary detention and unlawful arrest at the Office of the Ombudsman, including crimes involving moral turpitude, such as theft, robbery and perjury.
Both Calilung and Lotoc admitted that there were no reported seditious acts committed by various groups as a consequence of VP Sara’s allegedly seditious remarks and grave threats against President Marcos, nor was she present at anti-government rallies advocating to overthrow the government.
The third prosecution witness, Matibag, whose political somersaulting qualifies him as a political operator, thereby exposing his dubious political loyalty to a cause, is a patently biased witness. He admitted to writing three vicious, disparaging articles in the Daily Tribune against VP Sara. His wife is a member of the House of Representatives who voted to impeach the vice president. He cannot, therefore, say anything good against the respondent and would certainly testify against her, and in fact he did, with gusto.
Despite the relentless propagandizing of the prosecution team inside the impeachment court, inadvertently aided by the erroneous rulings of the presiding officer, as well as the constant black propaganda dished out in public by its allies in Congress, its case against VP Sara and obsession to remove her from office and disqualify her from running in the 2028 presidential elections has not gained a foothold, simply because there is no constitutional basis for the articles of impeachment.
Not even a foolish rant from a member of the impeachment court notorious for advocating the necessity of bending or breaking a law could help the prosecution’s losing cause. This law bender railed against his colleagues for standing up and defending themselves from malicious innuendo and evident intimidation coming from a prosecution witness and a government official who foisted the filing of cases against two senator-judges, necessarily impugning their integrity. He doesn’t even know the function of the impeachment court, which is to hear a case filed against an impeachable officer and to decide it in accordance with the law and evidence presented before it.
One begins to wonder what sins have the people committed to deserve a harebrained politician, and what graver sins they have committed, to deserve failed governance from those they have placed in power.
Snippet: THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
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[2026-07-27 02:01 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: THE impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Zimmerman Duterte plods on with the public watching in exasperation, as there is no sign of improving its snail-like pace; its erroneous, vexing and incorrigible rulings by the presiding officer, competing with the unremarkable parade of worthless prosecution witnesses, who, instead of truthful testimonies, provide evasive and worthless narratives that distort and obfuscate the circumstances that surrounded the vice president’s controversial remarks.
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[2026-07-27 02:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UK government told Karim Khan it would not support him as chief prosecutor and declined his request to meet ministers before International Criminal Court member states voted to remove him from his role, Middle East Eye can reveal.
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[2026-07-27 01:14 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday welcomed the removal of International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan, accusing him of political bias.
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[2026-07-27 00:16 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: Member states of the International Criminal Court voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims, with 82 of the court's 125 members backing dismissal in a secret ballot at the United Nations in New York.
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[2026-07-26 23:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: Calamba City — Annabelle Arcilla Margaroli and her foreign business partner, Marinus Harinck, have won a seven-year legal battle after the Quezon City Regional Trial Court dismissed an interpleader case involving ₱470 million worth of imported blank license plates and radio frequency identification (RFID) systems intended for the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO).
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[2026-07-26 23:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The High Court of Justice rejected on Sunday a petition seeking to recognize Alon Shamriz as a fallen IDF soldier, ruling that the law left it unable to grant the request despite what the judges described as his extraordinary courage in escaping Hamas captivity.
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[2026-07-26 23:26 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Duke of Sussex surprised his wife with a video call during her appearance as a guest judge on MasterChef Australia.
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[2026-07-26 22:33 UTC+10:00] [Food] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: And so it came to pass, that Meghan Duchess of Sussex arrived at the MasterChef kitchen, and just like Poochie the Dog, she made life worthwhile for us all.
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[2026-07-26 22:13 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — The International Criminal Court (ICC) had former president Rodrigo Duterte arrested and detained at The Hague, Netherlands for crimes against humanity because of complaints filed against him by the victims of his bloody war on drugs, Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Sunday.
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[2026-07-26 19:49 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The US has welcomed a decision by the new Venezuelan government to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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[2026-07-26 19:43 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories on Saturday said the removal of International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan cannot be read in isolation from the campaign to overturn the arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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[2026-07-26 19:04 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara has asked the High Court of Justice to strike down a law suspending enforcement against ultra-Orthodox (haredi) yeshiva students who fail to report for military service, arguing that it leaves their duty to enlist intact while removing the consequences of refusing.
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[2026-07-26 16:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 15:56 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 15:37 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Two Uzbek students were each fined 5 million won ($3,400) for attempting to cheat on the Test of Proficiency in Korean by having one take the exam on behalf of the other, the Chuncheon District Court said Saturday.
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[2026-07-26 15:32 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: Liberal icon's death in 2009 spurred push for criminal justice system overhaul to curtail prosecution's power abuse. Now, ruling party is in final stretch to rein in prosecution
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[2026-07-26 15:10 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: A South Korean man in his 60s who vowed to commit suicide with his wife but survived alone was given a suspended prison sentence for abetting a suicide, a local court said Sunday.
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[2026-07-26 15:00 UTC+10:00] [US news] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Exclusive: CSI Aviation and GlobalX accused of violating civil rights as part of Trump immigration crackdown
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[2026-07-26 14:54 UTC+10:00] [All News] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Korea Herald
Snippet: People Power Party on Saturday criticized the ruling Democratic Party of Korea over Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho's recent offer to resign, calling it the beginning of the Lee Jae Myung administration's "lame duck phase."
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[2026-07-26 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, over allegations of sexual misconduct.
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[2026-07-26 14:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: RT News
Snippet: The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) has dismissed its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, over allegations of sexual misconduct.
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[2026-07-26 14:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even the resignation of education chief Dharmendra Pradhan may not be enough to placate rising anger against the ruling BJP
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[2026-07-26 14:22 UTC+10:00] [Atlantic Council] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Even the resignation of education chief Dharmendra Pradhan may not be enough to placate rising anger against the ruling BJP
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[2026-07-26 11:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: The Likud Court on Saturday night rejected a proposed clause that would have allowed the party to cancel its primaries during a security emergency, ahead of Monday’s Likud convention.
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[2026-07-26 10:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Topic:Sexual Offences
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[2026-07-26 10:02 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: A federal appeals court on Saturday declined to allow US President Donald Trump's administration to implement in 23 states his executive order that aims to tighten rules for mail-in voting ahead of November elections that will decide control of Congress.
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[2026-07-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new law lays the legal groundwork, but economists warn governance will decide the financial centre’s fate
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[2026-07-26 10:00 UTC+10:00] [Bali] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: A new law lays the legal groundwork, but economists warn governance will decide the financial centre’s fate
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[2026-07-26 09:57 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Every day, inside the Perth Magistrates Court, judges make decisions that have life-changing consequences.
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[2026-07-26 09:22 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: See more of our coverage in your search results.
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[2026-07-26 08:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: As an Ethiopian-Israeli and American, and as a former New York City public servant who spent more than two decades serving New Yorkers through the city’s court system, I understand the meaning of public service.
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[2026-07-26 07:18 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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[2026-07-26 06:27 UTC+10:00] [US voting rights] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Judge rejects administration’s request to lift injunction secured by several Democratic-led states on 25 June
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[2026-07-26 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: NEW YORK — Trump's tariffs are headed to court — again.
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[2026-07-26 05:06 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: MANILA, Philippines — House prosecutor Chel Diokno on Saturday said a video posted by Senator-Judge Pia Cayetano showing his exchange with Senator-Judge Alan Peter Cayetano over the subpoena for Vice President Sara Duterte’s bank records failed to present the full context of his remarks.
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[2026-07-26 02:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: I am the owner of a grocery and merchandising store in Makati City. Last month, I discovered that my cashier pocketed around Eight Hundred Thousand Pesos (P800,000.00) from September 2025 to April 2026. When I was about to file a criminal case against her, I discovered that she filed an illegal dismissal case before the National Labor Relations Commission against me.
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[2026-07-26 01:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: The United States Court of International Trade is seen in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal building in this, March 18, 2015 photo, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
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[2026-07-26 01:30 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
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